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Page 113
... scarcely possible to praise her too highly , this brilliant society woman in whom tragedy , in the shape of what she thinks to be cancer of the breast , gnaws continually . " Abroad she appeared all life , spirit , and good humor - at ...
... scarcely possible to praise her too highly , this brilliant society woman in whom tragedy , in the shape of what she thinks to be cancer of the breast , gnaws continually . " Abroad she appeared all life , spirit , and good humor - at ...
Page 164
... scarcely remembers when the novel is read , though its tone and feel remain vivid . The tone and feel are nothing like Smollett's . Marryat is the most good - humored of novelists , possessed of an exuberance that is rarely overplayed ...
... scarcely remembers when the novel is read , though its tone and feel remain vivid . The tone and feel are nothing like Smollett's . Marryat is the most good - humored of novelists , possessed of an exuberance that is rarely overplayed ...
Page 197
... scarcely be questioned when one remembers the characters of the novel , those sharp , scathing sketches of the money - con- scious , the Veneerings , Podsnap , Fledgeby , the Lammles . Any account of Dickens is inadequate . He is the ...
... scarcely be questioned when one remembers the characters of the novel , those sharp , scathing sketches of the money - con- scious , the Veneerings , Podsnap , Fledgeby , the Lammles . Any account of Dickens is inadequate . He is the ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 7 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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